The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Prophet of Islam and other Prophets
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previous prophets would be followed as was done
is their times.
On the one hand, the Qur’an gives us an account of
the 23-year prophetic life of the Prophet of Islam,
while on the other, it also recounts in detail the lives
and circumstances of other prophets who came over
the last tens of thousands of years. Both these
accounts (the Prophet of Islam’s life and
circumstances and those of other prophets) equally
form part of the Qur’an and their combination
constitutes the complete religion. Thus a complete
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includes the teachings of other prophets along
with the teachings of the Prophet of Islam as
mentioned in the Qur’an. After this introduction let
us see in the light of certain examples how
references to other prophets form part of the totality
of religion and how they provide guidance to
believers in different sets of circumstances.
Such examples are to be found in the times of the
Prophet Adam, who was the first man as well as the
first prophet. We find from the Qur’an that Adam
had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain quarreled
violently with Abel and matters escalated to the
